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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “drivels” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

41 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
drivels1139792(None) 
drivel105110381drivel_
drivers114412791drivers
drives105117111drive_s
ariels65119372ari_els
bedrivels1542712bedrivels
derivers123811362derivers
derives114017812derive_s
devels104313902d_evels
divers105024962d_ivers
dives95832402d_ive_s
dreidels1033212dreidels
driers74516732dri_ers
dries64733672dri_e_s
drills74414202dri_lls
drive95318002drive__
driveled1374972driveled
driveler1284692driveler
drivelers1364222drivelers
driven105210142drive_n
driver104714492drive_r
drovers115212642drovers
droves105116672drove_s
frivols1334742frivols
gravels113611142gravels
grivets11357972grivets
grovels11427812grovels
oriels64914622ori_els
privets122910052privets
ravels94717072_ravels
revels94220572_revels
riels55121332_ri_els
rivals94213182_rivals
rivers94626542_rivers
rives85336002_rive_s
rivets94417112_rivets
shrivels14376442shrivels
snivels10336902snivels
swivels13396772swivels
travels104711292travels
trivets103911582trivets

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671413.26332997.5
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.70248268.8
 
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